Joe,

JM>  One time on Fred Allen's show when he was a guest and Allen went on
JM>and about his frugality.  Finally he erupted saying "The writers on
JM>MY show don't make me that cheap!"

  Or, he didn't want to admit it. <G>

JM>  Ah, that look, wiggling his cigar and leering when he was about to
JM>say something.  Classic.

  It was...and it took forever for the audience to quit laughing. <G>

JM>  Comedy isn't like that today.  ==sigh==

  Sad, but true. They think "the raunchier, the better"...such as some
of the material with Ventriloquist Jeff Dunham.

  Now, 2 other ventriloquists...Todd Oliver (who uses his dog, Irving,
in his act), and 14 year old singing ventriloquist Darci Lynn Farmer,
both have G-Rated shows...and they are a riot!! Not one hint of
suggestiveness, innuendo, profanity, etc.

  On "America's Got Talent", when judge Howard Stern (aka "The Shock
Jock" told Todd that "he needed to spice the act up a bit (with
language), Todd said "I don't want my kids exposed to that garbage", and
they penalized him for that.

  Darci Lynn Farmer won the 2012 AGT competition, up against Angelica
Hale (about 2 1/2 years younger than Darci), but both are great friends.
It was noble of her to invite Angelica and her family to come to Las
Vegas with her, and be part of the show...which sold out quick. I saw
Todd in Branson a few years ago, and Darci is coming to Little Rock in
November...but right now, I can't afford to buy a ticket.

JM>  I'm a big fan of What's My Line and watch a couple of shows a week,
JM>on Sunday of course.

  I think John Daly (not the golfer) and Wally Bruner, were 2 of the
hosts. There may have been others, but I don't call them.

JM>  Poor Bennett Cerf.  If he were alive today he wouldn't last two
JM>minutes on a stage.

  Didn't he did a book on riddles??

JM>  When a pretty girl was trying to stump them he would make some
JM>remark about her looks and if that helped her in whatever she work
JM>she did.

  The night on What's My Life, when you had Arlene Francis, Dorothy
Kilgallen, Groucho Marx, and Bennett Cerf on the panel, the contestant
was a female lady wrestler...and it was an absolute scream. Groucho was
milking it for all it was worth!! <G> Host John Daly admonished Groucho
that "if he didn't behave, she'd put him on the floor!!" <G>.

JM>  This time of of year its still light out when I turn in.
JM>  Of course I'm up around 4.30 or 5.

  You're like my late father was...up before the chickens...or as I term
it "the butt crack of dawn".

JM>  I'm old fashioned.  I print out a free calendar (on the back of
JM>junk mail) and use that for appointments, etc.  With a couple of
JM>flips of paper I can see the whole year.  Plus I don't have the worry
JM>of a crash or accidentally hitting "delete" and lose everything.

  I have 365 dates a year...there's a calendar on the wall <G>.

Daryl
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